So you would kill a nice person who has done you no harm just to survive?
And you would kill a little kid then eat them just so your asz would make it. Thats kinda cowardly isnt it?
If the person was dead already thats different imo.

I'm with where2hide... there are times when you have to be a team player and times when you just gotta be out for yourself. generally its nice to
help others and situation permitting i will do everything possible to help. however, if its a dire situation and its between you or me surviving, im
gonna eat you and im gonna like it.

the real complication comes when its a loved one, would you eat your spouse, your child? would you sacrifice yourself for them to eat? this i
cant say for sure... somethings just cant be thought of until they happen.

I'd just look for another way to survive until I starved to death. I wouldn't even eat another person if they were already dead. That's just
nasty. Besides, I'd probably lose my lunch if I even tried to eat human flesh.

I don't think my survival instinct is as strong as most. Death doesn't worry me much, so if I end up stranded on a desert island without food and I
keel over... no biggy.

I have to admit this is a pretty damn sick thread. Would you eat a person? Would you eat a loved one? Would you let your loved ones to eat you?

I think if you consider going to these extremes, you're no longer human. I don't care that canibalism has been practiced in the past, KEY WORD
"past", eating a fellow human is just wrong. Once you go there imo you cease being human.

Why is YOUR life so damn important that you would cross a line that most wouldn't? Or is it just a role playing thing? How far would you go to
survive?

What's on the menu btw?

Fillet of father?
Mutton of mother?
Steak of stranger?
Sirloin of son?

Originally posted by intrepid
I have to admit this is a pretty damn sick thread. Would you eat a person? Would you eat a loved one? Would you let your loved ones to eat you?

I think if you consider going to these extremes, you're no longer human. I don't care that canibalism has been practiced in the past, KEY WORD
"past", eating a fellow human is just wrong. Once you go there imo you cease being human.

Why is YOUR life so damn important that you would cross a line that most wouldn't? Or is it just a role playing thing? How far would you go to
survive?

What's on the menu btw?

Fillet of father?
Mutton of mother?
Steak of stranger?
Sirloin of son?

Sick # imo. I'd rather starve. NO ONE is that damn important.

I think if your little boy was starving you might reconsider eating the dead pilots ham.
It is sick I agree but starvation would definitly change your morals. I would do anything for my 2 kids. I would kill myself before I would kill
another person though.

Originally posted by earth2
I think if your little boy was starving you might reconsider eating the dead pilots ham.
It is sick I agree but starvation would definitly change your morals. I would do anything for my 2 kids. I would kill myself before I would kill
another person though.

Sorry mate, I disagree. I'd rather have my family die with the dignity of a Camp victim than survive as a Hannibal. Humanity means something imo.

What is so humane about being dead? I would do whatever it took to save my kids. Granted I would tell them it was hog or deer. No harm in that and
they live on to live another day. Better than death.
Thats not hollywood thats fact.

People die every day man. From disease. From accidents. From an ecosystem that can't support life anymore. From old age.

"Humane" is a good word, do you know the root word? "Human." I don't recall in any of the reading that I have done that eating fellow "humans"
was acceptable. I recall it in Stephen King's work though. You know what he mostly writes? HORROR.

I would shudder to think that "human"ity would have sunk to this level. If it has, we're all doomed.

Sorry mate, I disagree. I'd rather have my family die with the dignity of a Camp victim than survive as a Hannibal. Humanity means something imo.

well, guess i know who ill be eating...

in all seriousness, life didn't get to where it is today by being morally correct. morals are a human invention. to insure the survival of your own
kind sometimes you need to reach for the extremes and be resourceful. eating human is just another resource, IMO. no one said you had to enjoy it,
but as a last resort it may be the only way.

you don't die quickly from starvation, you suffer for weeks while your body eats itself and then you slip into a coma. subsequently your organs
fail. it is said that the last effects of starvation are euphoria as your body begins to shut down and you go into a malnourished shock, but it sucks
leading up to then.

You see, that's what I mean. Right now, everyone is thinking with a full belly, so to speak. You're not into the point where the brain itself is
deciding which services to shut down in your body, just to maintain life a while longer.

The instinct to survive is overwhelmingly strong in most people. This wouldn't be about decisions that you sit down and make. Your 'hind brain'
will decide for you, and you'll be having Cheesy Chuck half ate before you know what you're doing. We didn't survive so long as a species because
we thought everything out like Mr. Spock on Star Trek.

Now the difference comes in how you handle the guilt afterwards. Once your belly is full, and your nutritional needs are met enough to let your brain
start having some luxury time to think about what you did, then you could be in trouble.

But trust me, a lot of you who shudder at the idea now, would be hunting the big pot when/if that day comes.

not nearly as bad as aids where you suffer for years contracting nearly every pathogen you come into contact with plus doesnt it kind of depend on who
your with? imean youd think eating the biggest guy would hold you over for a while but were not that nutritious at all its more than just eating its
getting nutrients and amino acids from what you eat

"Humane" is a good word, do you know the root word? "Human." I don't recall in any of the reading that I have done that eating fellow "humans"
was acceptable. I recall it in Stephen King's work though. You know what he mostly writes? HORROR.

I would shudder to think that "human"ity would have sunk to this level. If it has, we're all doomed.

Isnt being humane an alleviation of suffering.

If everyone thought as you then we would be doomed because we would all starve to death.(in this particular scenerio)

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